Chindits 1943

[Pete Keane]

Neither, apparently!

Royal West Kents held the position

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Tennis_Court

His service number may help, if you have it.

Pete

[kickbuttgirlie]

Hi I finally found the Chindits book i was looking for, will try and get it scanned tomorrow. Do you want to pm me your email addy and i'll send it through.

KBG

[gemma o]

hi kgb.
i am sending you my email addy so you can send me the chindit book, this will be very interesting to read,my father-in-law never spoke about what happened, until later in life when my husband asked him questions.all we knew was he was in the 14th army and they where called the forgotten army.
my email addy is..(*).............
thank you for the reply, my kindest regards..................jean...............

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[gemma o]

hi bamboo 43.
 i found out that my father-in-laws regiment the 14th army was also known by the name of..
    the forgotten army .. i will see if i can find any other information .
                       my kindest regards............jean...........

[Pete Keane]

Jean

14th Army was the name of the army in Burma.

The army is made up of Corps.

Corps are made up of Divisions.

Divisions are made up of Regiments and Battalions.


Your father-i-l was in 17th Indian Division.

In my earlier post I listed the British units in the 17th.


If , however, he was at the Commissioners bungalow then he was in the Royal West Kent Regt, but the black cat was not their emblem.

His service history will reveal all.

It is unlikely he was a Chindit unless he specifically mentioned it.

The 14th Army were called the 'Forgotten Army' as they felt they came second to the war in Europe, which is probably partly true as the folks at home were more involved in the European war, it being 22 miles away!

Cheers

Pete

[bessingby]

hi bamboo
ive just bee looking thru the replies you had about the chindits .
i served with them in the royal signals i p/m all the info about this and what may have been usefull but i see it asnt been printed .i dont know the reason but  we will leave it
 
   bessingby

[Pete Keane]

Hi Bessingby

Bamboo hasn't been onthe forum for a few days, sure he will be back with us soon!

If there is anything to post please throw it in yourself, or copy the pm to me and I will do so - although I don't have 1% of bamboos knowledge or dedication....

Regards

Pete

[bamboo43]

Hi Bessingby,

I have not seen or received anything from you I'm afraid. As Pete says, do try again. The easiset thing would be to post the information here on the thread itself.

Best wishes.

Steve.

[bessingby]

hi pete
i will do my best to recall as many of the events that may of any use.
firstly the second  lot of chindits were up of colomes two known as the 77 and111brigade
iwas in the royal sigs in the111bde.attch toa scots regt our men had to load large signal units plus charging engines to barbry mules i allways thought they was as big as donkeys.they went for long route marches every day [idint i was a driver].
after the training we set off for imphal, we carried all the wireless gear up tthe narrowest road ive ever drove up it was all one way up /one way down we set up camp at imphal
the colome went further on to an field some of them walked in thru assam the rest flew in in gliders towed by yankee planes they landed or crashed on ready made strips after the action started thinks got a bit and we had to pack up all our troubles a bit sharpish. we got past kohima in time  the japs over ran imphal as we left. the west kents where at kohima  they were very lucky .slims lot came up the valley. iwas told the met down there the person that is seeking could be in --77 bde  the chindt books are in the libary. are you asleep pete      bill     bessingby